What do we stand to gain?

When Canada stops seeing Indigenous Peoples in the negative and begins to understand and appreciate their strengths, values, cultural knowledge, and ceremonial practices, acceptance and respect can grow.

The federal and provincial governments stand to gain from traditional knowledge when it comes to mitigating environmental threats from fire, flooding, and growing wind velocity, writes Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux. Unsplash photograph by Kalen Emsley

Opinion

BY CYNTHIA WESLEY-ESQUIMAUX

June 18, 2025

We, as a country, stand to gain everything and lose nothing if we have the courage to stand together as one nation. Indigenous Peoples are already gaining through social, political, and judicial changes generated over the past several decades. Our women and our youth are ris...

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